Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-03
State AFFAIRS.
A Review Of The Senatorial Contest
After the Smoke Of Battle Has
Cleared Away--The ADanias.
A Commercial Traveller Secures q
Drummer's Certificate, Dates 1t Up
and Attempts 10 Sell II.
Lanham's $4,000 Worth of Seeds Appor.
toned TO the DrOuth Counties Before
the Bill Passes the Senate.


! AFTER THE BATTLE.
The smoke OF The conflict has cleared away.
And the yictcrs and vanqulshed shook hands
| TO-DAY.
After the deadlock was broken and
the Hon. John II. Reagan elected, the re-
mainder of the day was taken up yes
tardGy by Senators and members
discussing what might have been, and
! just why the final resulted in the election
OF Judge Reagan instead of Mr. MsXey,
| Mr.. ireland or Mr.. Terrell. The man
with the stereotyped Il told you so" of
course was on hand, and got in his work
beautifully. A crest deal of good natured
bantering was INDUCED in. Senator
Pope, who was an Ireland leader, humor-
| ously accused Senator Claiborne of being
the political Ananlas, because ne arose on
the last ballot and said that
Mr.. Reagan only lacked one vote
of being elected when he knew
Mr.. Reagan was short four or five votes.
Senator Claiborne acknowled the mild
impeachment, but excused himself by
saying that "ne was tired and wanted to
break the deadlock" Old timers are
wont to compare votes and draw con
trast between Judge Reagan's election
yesterday and those of Coke and Maxey
the first time. Some of the knowing
ones think that Hon. A. W. TerrelPs
friends injured his future chances
by entering him the second
time in the race, but his
friends think that it showed his gaining
strength under difficulties, and would
form nucleus around which would
gather sufficient support to insure his
victory in any future contest.
The majority of legislators this morn
ing look as if they were greatly relieved
oia burden and, metaphorically speaking,
intended to pull off their coats, roll up
their sleeves and labor earnestly from
this time forward.
CAPITAL CULLINGS.
The insurance men are determined to
defeat MoOre'S insurance bill, if there is
any virtue in activity and perseverance,
for they are "workers from a way back.m
Mr.. Alexander and Mr. Jones of Panels
get on the rampage" whenever the re-
formatory bill is brought up in the House.
Senator Claiborne is supposed to be
the great anti-raiload exponent in the
Senate. He is hard at work maturing
plans for future legislation.
Internal Revenue Collector Cooper de-
MES that he came to Austin to take
hand in the senatorial race. 1t is ru
mored that Mr.. Cooper will resign the
collectorship because the salary is not
sufficient to keep him.
Speculation is now INDUCED in as to
who will be Reagan's successor in the
Lower House.
The standing committees of both houses |
oil
but no important decisions have been
made. Some minor bills will be reported
tomorrow.
TO DEFRAUD THE STATE.
Special to the Gazette.
case of swindling was developed this |
upon the examination of q COM
mercial travellers license returned to the
office to secure the transfer
OF the certificate from one c. A. Lilly to
D. S. Sullivan. The history of the case
begins in 1855. On the 27Ch day of July,
1885, as shown by the stub of the Comp
troller's receipt book, c. A. Lilly applied
BY letter, dated at Texalkana, to the
Comptroller for drummer's license,
sending the necessary S35, covering the
lime from the 9th day of July, 1885, to
he 2Sth day of July, 1886. On the 22d
lay of January, 1887, he returned this
license and asked that it be
transferred to D. S. Sullivan, mailing
lis letter at New Orleans, La. The num-
Der of this certificate was 3642. Referring
o his book where ne rebound the stub Of
Ill receipts for licenses issued, Comp
roller Mccall discovered that certificate {
20. 5642 was issued to c. A. Lilly July .
z, 1885, and ran until July IS, 1886, ~,
While The returned certificate was dated .,
July p, 1886, to run until July %, 1887. .
further examination revealed the fact :
hat the in 1885 had been erased and :
he figure 6 inserted, and the in 1886 d,
rased ard the figure inserted, advanc. :
&c the late one year. As convincing :
roof OF Lilly's intention to defraud :
be state he procured another :
cense from the Comptroller's office =
anuary %, 1887, to begin on the 18Th =
az of said month, covering one year :.
-en date and including the time from :,
anuary to July, six months that are in 1
luded in the raised certificate transferred :
D D. S. Sullivan. The matter is already :
! the hands Of the proper authorities, !,
nd some interesting developments are L
expected. =
REGARDING THE DROUTH SUFFERERS. 81
Governor Ross appointed on the drouth "
elief comm ttee to-day WilIism Ferguson y
San Antonio, Walter p. Lane Of Mar. .
ball and H. P. league of Kaufman.
At the suggestion of Governor Ross a
composed of Senators JARVIS
Tarrant, Calhoun of Eastland and
rank OF Erath, and Messrs Browning of s.
Iobeetie, Latimer OF Palo Pinto,
teel of Coleman and Humphrey 3,
Wise met this evening to
Dportion out to the counties in the ~
routh district the $4,000 worth of seed =,
by Mr. Lsnham's bill in d
Congress- that is expected to pass the Il
enate of that body immedistey. Gov W
nor Ross desires that no delay shall o.
,cur when the bill passes. He asked the h
'sistance of these gentlemen in order to b.
axe fair distribution. The amount e,
as apportioned out among thirty-th g,
'unties according to the agricultural tt
)pulstion and the amount of desti-ution. dl